Appendix: How to Learn from Vicarious Experience

Abstract

Taking inspiration from evidence collected during the analysis, the work will try to develop a guideline for policy designers (policy makers, practitioners, policy analysts). While it is essential to provide some input stemming from the analysis, it is equally important not to overstress the prescriptive dimension of this guideline. As has already been made clear, this work suggests how to transfer an innovation from a source case (where an innovation has been invented) to a target case (where the innovation has to be transferred) but it is better to remember that a smart policy designer has to pinch ideas and creatively adapt them to the chosen target context.